Our second time back at this lovely villa in the Aphrodite Hills Resort. It is a handy 15 mins drive from Paphos airport. The villa comes with access to a private swimming pool shared with a few other villas - during our visit, there were very few people using the pool and sometimes we had it completely to ourselves.
The resort has a hotel, several individual restaurants, a supermarket, a pub, a golf course, tennis courts, a fitness studio, gym and spa - all within a 5 - 10 min walk of the villa.
The service was very good again - there was a welcome pack provided for our arrival (milk, bread, butter, a bottle of wine etc) and tea, coffee and other drinks available for us. The friendly Karl is available to answer questions and help out if you need a hand with any of the equipment in the villa.
The amenities are excellent - this time I took a yoga class & tried a couple of spa treatments. I would recommend the class & the spa treatments. It is worth knowing that if you book a spa treatment, you have free access to the spa's sun terrace, the infinity pool, steam room, sauna etc for the rest of the day - so it's worth taking your swimming gear if you go to the spa.
We went out to eat a few times, retuning to Kouklia (we enjoyed lunch at Aspris' Taverna again), Mandria and Pissouri Bay. We also ate at the Italian restaurant and the kebab place on the resort and enjoyed both.
Things we like best:
- the villa is easy to reach from the airport. We were in the villa 45 mins after our plane landed in Cyprus (& that included picking up checked-in bags & our hire car).
- the villa is very well equipped - there's everything you can think of that you might need (a few examples: local guide books & maps, beach towels, tennis racquets, a library of paperbacks, an honesty bar).
- the villa balcony overlooking the peaceful valley - (the balcony gets the sun from early morning to about 2pm ish in May).
- it is easy to self cater if you want to. The villa kitchen is fully equipped and local supermarkets have very good fresh produce.
- very easy access to the pool from the villa.
I would definitely recommend this property to my friends. We will no doubt be back in the future.